martine mccutcheon welcomes baby boy

Martine McCutcheon has had a baby boy, her husband Jack McManus revealed exclusively to Hello! Magazine this morning

The little boy is the first child for the former Eastenders and Love Actually star and follows Martine’s seven-year struggle with ME or chronic fatigue syndrome, which led her to think she might never have children.

Named Rafferty Jack, he was born at 10:16 am on 4 February and he weighed 6lbs 14oz. He was ten days early, having been expected on Valentine’s Day. Rafferty is an Irish name and means 'prosperous'.

Singer-songwriter Jack said that both mother and baby are doing well. Martine has been writing a pregnancy blog for Hello! and her most recent post revealed that the nursery was ready and waiting for the baby. He had been a very active baby in the womb, she said. In a previous interview with the celebrity magazine, Martine said: ''We'd always said that if we were fortunate to be blessed with a child, that would be wonderful, but we were very aware that it's not a given.

"As a woman in her late 30s who's experienced health problems, I thought I might have to accept that it wasn't a path my life was going to take, but it would have been a great sadness in our lives if that had been the case.'

The couple married in a fairytale wedding on Lake Como in 2012 and we know that Rafferty will be very cosy when he goes out for the first time with his mum and dad, as Martine has chosen the Bugaboo Cameleon3 in black, pictured below.
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